Maintenance and care of our products

DINNERWARE AND TABLE TOP

All Dinnerware and Tabletop Products are Guaranteed to be 100% Food Safe. Our products are completely lead free and comply with FDA standards and U.S.A. import regulations for lead and cadmium.

Dishwasher Safe - We suggest to wash by hand the dinnerware ceramic products when possible. L’Antica Deruta dinnerware ceramic products are made of the refined natural clay glazed and double fired high temperature. If washed in dishwasher , use the lower propram, with a temperature not more that 50° We recommended to space the items apart to avoid touching each other during the high pressure dish-washing.
Do not overloaded the dishwasher –Use a non-citrus, non-abrasive detergent on the air dry cycle . Hand washing is recommended for oversized items.

Microwave and Conventional Oven Use
Our dinnerware products are not made for cookware use and conventional oven use. They can be used in Microwave oven for moderate reheating only.
Temperature of clay may vary after micro wave use – allow them to cool down before remove from microwave or use an owen mit.

Product Care
With repeated use, earthenware products have a tendency to "craze" (forming minuscule lines in the glazing). The crazing is the nature of earthenware, and has no significant effect on the ceramics
Thermal Shock and cracking - Avoid sudden temperature changes - A thermal shock is the fracturing effect that occurs when ceramic objects are rapidly either heated or cooled and it may crack any earthenware plate.

CERAMICHE D'ARREDO

All decorative ceramic items are fully glazed, and they can be washed with SIMPLY water , never use acid or corrosive products. -Ceramic items of collections “LUXURY- GOLD” : these are realized with special metallic colors (pure gold, silver ,luster ): for a proper cleaning use a clean dry cloth , or just a little bit wet. -Ceramic items with “antique finishing”: these are special collections, with antique vintage look, obtained after a patina finish process; these items must be cleaned only with a dry cloth; attention: if cleaned with water, the patina will be removed .These ceramics are not food safe , and are only for decorative use.

TAVOLI "TRAVERTINO E COTTO"

Those tables have a very exclusive and unic vintage look , obtained after many special ,handmade process on all natural materials we use to realize them.
Those tops are made of travertine (slab ) and a mosaic of hand made terracotta tiles , natural or decorated in many different design and fixed on it.
This particular type of table top is suitable for use both indoors and outdoors: for prolonged outdoor use over the years, in order to guarantee the integrity of the original materials and colors, of both terracotta and travertine, it is mandatory to follow the treatment below.
All our table tops are treated with natural waxes and oils, applied with special tested procedures, in order to make them waterproof and protect the surface, and prevent absorbing any type of substance.
AVOID contact with the surface of the table top with corrosive, acidic or hot dishes: if this happened on the non-majolica part (natural terracotta and / or travertine part), stains could occur on the surface ; these stains can be eliminated but only with particular processes that we can carry out in the laboratory.
In order to preserve the beauty of the tops over time and maintain the technical characteristics of resistance and anything else described above, we advise to periodically (at least once a year, before the winter season) a simple maintenance treatment (washing and wax recovery); with each table top, we deliver a maintenance KIT, containing wax and an instruction sheet In winter, if not used, it is recommended to cover the surface of the same with a simple, waterproof cloth, and than you can leave it outside under the rainor snow with no problem.

TAVOLI in PIETRA LAVICA

The surface of the tops realized in LAVIC STONE is always shiny with bright colors; the glaze of the tables always has a "crossed line, more or less accentuated, in an absolutely random way, called with the technical term "craqle
The lavic stone we use to realize the tables comes from Vulcano mountain and is extracted in blocks from the Sicilian quarries, cut into slabs according to the required dimensions. Before starting the decoration, the slab is glazed in order to make the surface homogeneous; once decorated, the tables are cooked in special ovens that reach around 1000 ° C for around 18/24 hours.; these table tops do not need any maintenance, have a very high impact and scratch resistance, are waterproof and can be cleaned with soap and water; they resist to any weather condition, from very hot to very cold.

ARREDI IN FERRO

Iron bases, benches and chairs are realized with hand made wrought iron and are perfect for indoor and outdoor use.
The special powder coating , the galvanizing process are a guarantee for a severe outdoor use.
The maintenance is very simple and they are easy to clean with a wet cloth.

MOBILI IN LEGNO

our furniture are made with solid massive wood and aslo with blockboard wood . Colors and finishing are made with non toxid products , in compliance with the regulations.Do not clean wood furniture with abrasive products : use only dump cloth or specific products for wood only.Do not put on top of furniture hot stuff, like hot pots or similar; do not use pen or cutting blades that can damage the surface or the color.

Maintenance and care of our products

Menu

Settings